Here Comes QE Lite: Yields, Dollar Tumble, Gold Spikes After Treasury Unexpectedly Doubles Size Of Long-End Treasury Buybacks

Petrochemical Supply Shock Begins Idling Asian Factories For weeks, we mapped out for readers how the Gulf energy shock dominoes would fall, spreading outward from the Middle East and striking Asia first through tightened energy-product flows that risk destabilizing the global economy. That transmission of tightening energy flows is now becoming alarmingly visible on factory floors across Asia. Goldman analysts, led by Georgina Fraser, warned clients on Monday that the petrochemical shock is worsening across Asia, with textile and packaging plants emerging as the first major downstream casualties. "The supply shock...

Throughout American history, the justification for military interventions has often relied on pretexts, manufactured incidents, or strategic omissions of fact. While varying in scale and intent, the following historical deceptions and false-flag claims highlight how conflicts have been initiated or escalated: War of 1812: Driven by territorial ambitions over Canada and maritime grievances, the U.S. […] The post The United States of America – an Empire Built on a Deceptive, Duplicitous Foundation of Lies, Evasions, and False Flag Interventionist Foreign Policy appeared first on LewRockwell.

Iran Counter-Blockade Bites As No Tankers Load At Kharg For 10th Day Earlier today, in response to news that the number of tankers anchored at Iran's Kharg Island oil terminal had hit a post-blockade peak, we wondered if this means that Iran is running out of tankers to store oil, i.e., Trump' blockade of the blockade is working. In any case, it certainly means that Iran is no longer able to sell any of the oil, depriving it of much needed oil export revenues which it has found itself forced to...